Defiant Jamie Vardy explains what has been going wrong and what Leicester City can now do
Leicester City goal hero Jamie Vardy issued a defiant message after sparking the Foxes’ fightback at Tottenham Hotspur.
City were trailing and on course for a club record eighth successive Premier League defeat after Richarlison had put the hosts ahead just before half-time.
But City were inspired after the break, Vardy bagging an equaliser before Bilal El Khannous fired home what turned out to be the winner in North London inside five frantic minutes.
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The three points lifted City out of the bottom three, and Vardy was jubilant. He told the BBC: “It is big, and hopefully it stops the rot we have been in.
“We have been playing some decent football for probably half a game and it has let us down a bit. The lads there battled through for 90 minutes and it is credit too to the manager (Ruud van Nistelrooy) what he’s been doing on the training pitch.
“At times you want to be the team playing nice football, but at times during a game it is not on. We have all stuck together as a team. We knuckled down, stayed together and got the big win.
“As a striker you just want to score in every game and that is what I am trying to do."
Asked whether Leicester could build on their second win under van Nistelrooy and move away from trouble, Vardy added: “100% - I back every single one of them. We all know what is at stake. We want to play nice football but that was three points in the right direction and hopefully the start of a run.”
Boss van Nistelrooy was quick to praise his captain, saying of Vardy: "He is a leader by example. He is still producing. The respect from the team and the staff at this club for him is huge. He is also delivering."
